Month: April 2019

Aberdeen-based Bear Handling Ltd, which specialises in handling equipment across Scotland and the oil & gas industry and is the Hyundai forklift distributor for the region, has secured a brand-new customer, leading engineering services company, TEXO Group. The company has just taken delivery of four new Hyundai forklift trucks from Bear Handling – two 160D-9 ‘s, which are 16,000kg load capacity diesel machines, a 30D-9E and a 30D-9, which are 3000kg capacity diesel forklifts.

The machines are working at TEXO’s purpose-built facility in Westhill, Aberdeen, and the company’s fabrication facilities, at the Port of Dundee providing shipyard fabrication support, warehousing duties, loading, container and module handling.

Richard Lamb, Managing Director TEXO Accommodation said, “We began working with Bear Handling in October of last year. The company provides a great service and is always ready to support. Their excellent product knowledge assisted us in defining the best specification of machines.

Bear provided a detailed review on specifications against our requirements and the Hyundai forklifts were clear winners against other manufacturers. The machines benefit from a robust build quality and excellent safety features. They are also cost effective and designed with leading technology, which allow us to future-proof our handling requirements. Their performance rating is also excellent for both shipyard and warehouse activities.”

Richard added, “Health & Safety is paramount as is driver comfort. The key safety features make these very good machines in practice. Each machine features a reversing camera, a weight load indicator, speed limiter and wheel alignment indicators – these are all features that allow us to continually improve our safety practises, which are key drivers for us here at TEXO, providing staff and operators with as much comfort and convenience – this helps with morale and productivity.”

“The machine operators have conveyed that the machines are also very good performers,” reported Richard, “The have also praised the Hyundai machines power capacity. Cab comfort has also been mentioned alongside great visibility and the fork positioners – we really did make the right choice with Hyundai!”

Richard concluded, “We have had excellent support all the way through the process with Bear Handling. The company continue to provide ongoing support for us including regular interaction with both our sites.”

On the back of International Earth Day [22 April 2019], fulfilmentcrowd has revealed its vision to become ‘the UK’s first fully sustainable order fulfilment provider by 2021’, after launching a new sustainable strategy titled the ‘Lorax Project’.

Recognising increasing awareness of the harmful impact of ecommerce activity on the planet, fulfilmentcrowd’s ambitions focus on more than 15 measurable and linked initiatives, which include the elimination of plastic waste, reduced energy consumption, investment in renewables, low emission delivery and adoption of biodegradable packaging.

fulfilmentcrowd clients already benefit from its ‘sustainable by design’ ethos, where product design, manufacture, freight and delivery services are optimised to reduce waste by 100% and CO2 by 10% per package.

The measures include collaborating with external partners to implement new biodegradable packaging materials, which are 100% recyclable and environmentally friendly.

Lancashire-headquartered fulfilmentcrowd manages the fulfilment activities of hundreds of international clients and customer-wide adoption of this eco-friendly packaging substitute for traditional poly mailers will save around 12 tonnes of plastic waste each year and eliminate this waste stream completely from landfill.

Lee Thompson, sales & marketing director, comments: “As a responsible business and employer, it is not acceptable to sacrifice our environment in the pursuit of growth and this is exactly why we are tackling industry waste issues head on by setting ourselves a clear goal of becoming the UK’s most sustainable operator within our industry.

“Sustainability and profitability are not mutually exclusive and our vision challenges us a business to go further than we’ve ever gone before in order to make a real, positive and long-term difference towards solving this complex, global challenge.”

Tianqi Lithium Kwinana has recently placed an order with Liebherr for the first LRS 545 Reachstacker in Australia. The new device is a part of a package including two Liebherr XPower wheel loaders. The new machine is scheduled to go into operation in July this year.

Tianqi Lithium operates a new lithium hydroxide plant in the Kwinana Industrial Area, south of Perth in Western Australia. The company works every day to meet the rapidly growing demand for rechargeable batteries driven, for example, by the electric vehicle and energy storage industries.

The new machine has a front row capacity of 45 tonnes and can reach up to five containers high. Compared to its competitors, the LRS 545 is equipped with a fuel-saving 4-cylinder Liebherr diesel engine with 230 kW. The high efficiency of the hydrostatic drive ensures consistent performance with reduced fuel consumption: Furthermore, the downsized engine protects the environment by low fuel consumption and reduced emissions. To fulfil stage IV and tier 4 final legislative requirements, Liebherr relies entirely on an innovative SCR (selective catalytic reduction) system. The inhouse-developed system reduces exhaust emissions effectively without a sacrifice in performance.